Classical and desmosomal cadherins at a glance

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2547-2552

  Saito, Masataka ^a   Tucker, Dana K ^a   Kohlhorst, Drew ^a   Niessen, Carien M ^b   Kowalczyk, Andrew P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; DESMOSOMAL CADHERIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; CATENINS; DESMOSOMAL CADHERINS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84865013838     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.066654     Document Type: Article

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